Practice: Want to experiment? Draft a fairy tale or adapt an existing one.

PRACTICE

Want to experiment? Draft a fairy tale or adapt an existing one.

Draft a brief fairy tale of your own in which a generic character defined by one trait (old man, poor woman, silly boy, vain girl) experiences something that teaches a lesson. The lesson should connect in some way to a main trait of your character, just as Little Red’s naïveté is connected to her ultimate demise. Alternatively, write your own version of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” or another popular traditional tale. What will be your main goal in rewriting the tale (perhaps you want to improve on it or make it more modern)? How will your rhetorical situation differ from that of the earlier authors of the tale? What conventions will you employ? How will your writing style compare to the original?

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Chapter 2 - Composing a Fairy Tale - Practice: Want to experiment? Draft a fairy tale or adapt an existing one.: Draft a brief fairy tale of your own in which a generic character defined by one trait (old man, poor woman, silly boy, vain girl) experiences something that teaches a lesson. The lesson should connect in some way to a main trait of your character, just as Little Red’s naïveté is connected to her ultimate demise. Alternatively, write your own version of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” or another popular traditional tale. What will be your main goal in rewriting the tale (perhaps you want to improve on it or make it more modern)? How will your rhetorical situation differ from that of the earlier authors of the tale? What conventions will you employ? How will your writing style compare to the original?